Child Beauty PageantsBy: Mya Taylor

Background Information

Child Beauty Pageants began in the 1960’s.

Consists of:Modeling sportswearEvening attireTalent

Judging

Children are being Judged on:

Individuality in looks CapabilityPoisePerfectionConfidence

“Pageant Parents”

Child’s decision < Parent’s decisionChildren are put into

pageants before they are able to consent.

Beauty Pageants are more an outlet forparent’s than children.

Parents are living Through their children.

The Child loses

• Children lose their innocence, values and an important time in their life

– Practicing takes up all their time for:

• School work

• Playing– Helps Children Learn– Shapes them for the future

• Household Chores

The Child loses cont.

• No more fun and games.• Children learn things too early.

– Beauty Pageants corrupts them

– See and hear things that affects them

– Exposed to things that can effect:• Their future• Their relationships with others

Relationships

• Relationships can change between:– Peers

• Feel prettier or better than others.• Children can feel superiority over the losers.• Losers lose self-confidence• Competition will make them lose friendships

– Parents• Adult attitude will lead them to believe they are equal to

parents.• They won’t listen or challenge the parent’s authority.

Pageant Beauty

• Pageant Beauty includes:– Make-up

• Make up is caked on to cover up the flaws on a young girl’s face.

• Gives the allusion that the little girl is older

• Make up is the most important to make these little girls ideal.

Pageant Beauty Cont.

– Extensions • Usually young girls’ hair are thin so there are

extensions added in to make it fuller.– Tan

• Young girls’ are sometimes pale and are given a tan to make their skin tone even.

– Expensive clothes• Thousands of dollars are spent on a new dress

for each pageant.

Pageant Beauty Cont.

• Flipper (false teeth)

• Takes the place of missing teeth

• Cost around $400

• Missing teeth doesn’t appeal to the judges.

Jon Benet Ramsey